Feeling short-changed. On 1/1/2011, I was in NC, USA. 1/1/2012 in Macao, 12 hrs earlier time zone. So my 2011 was only 364½ days long! #2012
Ah, I see… outside of the US, acetaminophen (Tylenol) is called “paracetamol”.
Yay! Fixed my “wifi hotspot” script on my laptop, now sharing wired ‘net w/ wireless devices in hotel. (linux, dnsmasq, shorewall, iwconfig)
In Hong Kong & Macau, the buses, ferries, shops, hotels insist on blasting the A/C in December. Sure, it’s a mild 63°F, but still…
Getting ready to board the TurboJet hydrofoil boat for Macau. :-)
Hong Kong winter weather: hi=72°F, lo=63°F, clear skies… like!
35 floors in 9 minutes! http://t.co/pIHhZ9vW
Morning view in Hong Kong http://t.co/BzjEb3CB
Delta Airlines iphone app tracks your bags in real time. Promotional video shows bag-eye view of a typical journey. http://t.co/XpxKCiwJ
They’re playing Christmas music in the Hong Kong airport.
Snowy in Detroit.
To clarify, when my child tells the airline check-in agent that “our bag is going to explode”, she means it’s packed fully… nothing more.
A journey of 10,000 miles begins with a single step — today!
NOW I know why that PHP code isn’t working… it’s not PHP, it’s perl! #polyglot
@Snubs Usually the HP are pretty good drivers. ;-)
Better act now. I have a feeling we won’t see another Mexican restaurant for a while.
I should instate term limits for my clothes.
@nivex Fun with symbols. ☺
Context switch!
LuisvonAhn What I want for christmas is for SOPA to not pass: http://t.co/MxKimPpF
My great internet idea: a web site where can see 20 sec of video followed by 15 sec of a spinning star icon, repeat. Wait, that’s been done.
Santa is my co-pilot.
greategress Not afraid of SOPA? I can fix that in 2 sentences: The average age in Congress is ~60. Your parents are in charge of regulating the ‘Net.
Hmm, 2:00pm… time to take my morning shower. #holidays
RangerRick This is a nation of laws, not men! T.G.I.F.’s has been fully compensated. http://t.co/QB8k4RSd
11 days after ordering, my @BluMarTen CD’s arrived from England today.
@felicity_aston Yay! My 10yo daughter and I were just wondering about you tonight. She just did a report on tundras. You’re an inspiration.
Happy mid-winter solstice, y’all!
RT @caparsons: Boehner’s office cuts off C-SPAN cameras as GOP takes verbal beating http://t.co/DE3QW9JE
@C_Outdoors @rangerroy01 I don’t care for Perdue either, but what does she have to do with the gas tax? It’s an NC law to recalc every 6 mo.
“I wanna eat the CHIMBLEY!” http://t.co/WPltPMhQ
@marsroverdriver Hi Scott. My friend Rob said he talked to you about @TriLUG in Raleigh. Hope we can meet you some time!
I don’t suppose it matters, but the trash can at my curb this morning is not the same one that I rolled out last night. Odd.
My home VPN has succumbed to software rot. Spending a little quality time re-configurating it.
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like the selection of Christmas cards has shrunk this year.
Ugh… co-workers, all Linux software developers, trying to guess what my license plate (SUDOER) means.
mikbre Why @AlFranken Voted Against the Homeland Battlefield Bill http://t.co/gRh8VhUK
timoreilly The folks who created the internet weigh in in on #SOPA/#PIPA http://t.co/afn7ZMQl
@mtdotnet My kids say it that way because they are pressing the [X] button on the window frame.
@bobbyllew Early CarPool guest, a woman who wrote a book about (grand)parents with dementia. Do you recall who? Would like to find the book.
Tinkering with VOIP clients on laptop and iphone in preparation for upcoming international travel.
Hello? Hello? Ringtones? On a banana? http://t.co/oo5SGUf0
pyromanfo Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works | Motherboard http://t.co/q5LByDoC
TheBrowser The Overjustification Effect: Outstanding essay on money, happiness from @notsmartblog http://t.co/QMRzpNqP
. @nivex Pick a card… any card… http://t.co/fSlxA697
It’s pretty hard to find BIRTHDAY wrapping paper this time of year!
Doing research into SIM-unlocking my 2.5 year-old AT&T iPhone 3GS. AT&T unsurprisingly unhelpful, Apple surprisingly unhelpful. Phooey!
chrisharrington A must read > The Real Story Behind Apple’s ‘Think Different’ Campaign http://t.co/mEIk9F30 #advertising
I want to un-simlock my old iphone 3GS. AT&T 2yr contract is done. Heard you could, w/o jailbreaking, through AT&T or Apple. True or not?
wilw Dear Congress and President Obama: What part of your oath to uphold and defend the Constitution do you not understand? #SOPA #NDAA
RT @ACLU: House passes #NDAA 283 - 136. Contact Congress before the Senate votes #fixNDAA http://t.co/ReAP3XvI
Just finished a weather screensaver project for a client. Now I am seeing weather forecasts everywhere. Never noticed them before.
My “service award gift” at work was a noise canceling headset. I can’t think of a more appropriate tool for my office environment.
I wonder if I can replace Siri’s voice with one that sounds like HAL9000.
neiltyson In America, today is 12 / 12 / 2011. But in Europe they write it 12 / 12 / 2011
Girl scouts (and families) spent the day downtown, seeing “100 years of GS” at the museum of history, and then ice skating!
“Welcome to the Curio Shop. Hope you find what you’re looking for.”
sdouche Fear and Loathing in Debian^H^H^H^H^H^H/Ubuntu (or: who needs /etc/motd) #ubuntu - http://t.co/hhHXLgA3
@adorasv Your dad seems like a pretty cool guy. He’s got my vote.
.@BluMarTen has entertained me all year for free. It’s time to give back. Just bought 2 CD’s. Merry Christmas, guys!
Mrs rockhopper is tutoring the kids on Chinese. It probably wouldn’t hurt if I stuck around and listened.
I might regret this later… but I’m installing Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity on my EeePC.
Coupon codes for http://t.co/EsqhriRj: 2RB2CK = 15% off order / Z86JF5 = 15% off 1 product / QYKW6H = 15% off MiniCards. New cust only.
Wondered what the red gunk was on my daughter’s electric toothbrush. Mold? Then I saw blue gunk on her sister’s brush! (ownership markings)
Just received a COBRA notice in the mail. I wonder if there’s a surprise waiting for me at work!
So proud of my girls for how they helped out at the @trilug holiday party, and presented their crab cage monitor project!
More headlines read “GOP blocks …” - (sigh)
More headlines read “GOP blocks …” - (sigh)
trilug TriLUG Open Source Showcase and Holiday Social — 7pm TONIGHT at @splat_space in downtown Durham.
dhh Don’t be a free user: Free web services are not like free software. http://t.co/Ce4K5Omv
My 5-year service award from $work is supposed to arrive today. I told them to just park it in my driveway.
Lamenting how I should’ve taken my daughters to see @rushtheband when they were in town. Guy overheard us, said he took his son. Dads rock.
My dentist is awesome… she gave me a Sonicare electric toothbrush for Christmas!
garonsen Newt worries that the US could become “a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists”: http://t.co/PgEH1jZt
I work with such nice people. They discover my bugs, ask me WTF I was smoking, fix them, and then thank me for the assist.
Stupid TomTom GPS keeps turning itself on in my parked car, and then it complains about a low battery.
@whitehouse Congress is too busy giving our military the authority to capture/kill American citizens #NDAA, can’t be bothered with tax cuts.
trilug Reminder - The 12/8 TriLUG meeting / holiday social will be at @splat_space in Durham. Bring your open source toys & share with the group!
linuxjournal Get More from Your e-Reader: Instapaper - If you use a dedicated e-reader to read Linux Journal every month, chances… http://t.co/F4PGZGyd
Just created my first github repository.
Dang… sun is setting, and it’s not even 5:00 yet!
@nivex except the music sucks
Seeing a lot of hype for the Girl w/ Dragon Tattoo SOUNDTRACK, but not for the movie. Music makes me want to read the book.
. @nivex examples of light-programmable toys: Blinky POV kit MKWL03 and Blinky grid kit MKWL04
Clever gadgets at @MakerShed that you program with light. I2C pins hooked to photo-resistors. Web page blinks pgm into chips. >> Mind blown!
Bedtime? Before 11pm? At a slumber party? It’s madness!
Stop… Party Time! — Girls are having a sleep-over. Pizza eaten, gingerbread cookies decorated, getting ready to watch “The Smurfs”.
D1 and I learned how to use a 595 shift register today! *blink* *blink*
Building an automatic yak-shaver for $WORK.
Listening to my little 3rd grader and her classmates singing “Christmas Time Is Here” (from A Charlie Brown Christmas) and more.
Today marks five years of working for Tekelec. It feels more like ten… it must be like dog years.
Today I think I’ll go to work, impede my co-workers, un-do their hard work, blame my boss & eat veg pizza. [lessons from 112th US Congress]